The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[antz.bin]

@Guys.. I have just seen something horrible and wanted to share it with you guys. Some friends (4 girls, all dentistry interns.) who had just come over from Mumbai(To Nasik) by train post diwali and had taken a rick to their place. 300 meters before they reached their place, a truck, which was crossing them at the time from the opposite direction, had a tyre burst and pulled over sharply to the right running over the rick. @9:50 PM(tonight).

We reached the accident spot at 10:10 PM to find the truck (on the wrong side of the road) with the crushed rick next to it amidst a huge traffic jam on NH3. Then I saw 2 lungs and a heart lying on the road. The rear wheel of the Truck ran over the chest of one of the girls. The 'body' was lying right behind the rear wheel. The torso of the body was damaged beyond recognition. The other 3 were taken to 2 different hospitals. The luckiest of the 4 escaped with minor bruises and a headache but was in shock. The remaining 2 also have head injuries. The lesser injured one was vomiting blood and had 7 stitches on her forehead when I left the place at 1.30AM This one was still conscious though. The more injured one had stitches on the back of her head and multiple fractures in her knee, ribs, pelvic and arm. Unconscious.

We couldn't even tell the parents of the deceased truthfully. As of now, those people only know that there was an accident and their daughter is unconscious.

I don't know what I should learn from this incident. I don't know what could have been done. I only wish to urge everyone here to ride safe and be safe. It is so not a pretty sight for your parents when your friends have to pack up your stuff. Believe me I have packed up a friend's stuff not very long back. Everyone please wear your dog tags / military tags as we don't want any delays in you getting medical attention due to unknown details like emergency contact + blood group. The cellphones and wallets will get stolen so saving/writing a home / ICE contact there wont help.

P.S.: I doubt any amount of gear can help us from a similar incident.
P.P.S.: The rick fellow survived too.

I am highly tired and shaken. And have to ride to Pune in the morning(which I will probably postpone).

[s_and_m]

In fact my first ride to Lavasa was at night only . It wasnt for cornering (hell, I had no idea ppl went to Lavasa specifically for that), it was just a leisure ride.
The roads were lovely, the nearby village had weird animal 'voices' coming from them when we had halted at the side of the road. We (4 bikes, 7 ppl) did get to the city (we pleaded with the guards to let us in coz we hadnt had food .. and he caved).

It was some night

@Sagar: Err.. a person can go around without a jacket to Lavasa even if he belongs to xBhp cant he? Its just while riding with the group that the rules apply (plz plz dont eat me for this.. but I have seen xBhp members riding around in the city while not wear helmets)

PS: If u turn up at the gates of Lavasa at night wearing full gear, u will surely be turned around and the reason that u did not know about the no-entry for bikes after dark would not hold coz the guard at the gates of Lavasa knows geared bikers and HATES us for cornering around there . He very harshly told me during day time (I was in full gear) when I tried to enter that "Andar 'riding' nahi karne ka. speed limit : 20")


@Anant: OMG! That is very tragic ... u must be shaken up too... if not as shocked as the survivors. Take care bro, and ride safe....

[ZMAtic]

@Anant- That's very tragic.. May the soul of the deceased rest in peace..

@Everybody- Ride Safe!

[kartikpai]

'WE'?? you and whom??

I will be surprised to see any Pune xBhp member's name in the 'WE', especially because you were riding without jackets!

Well, it was totally an unplanned ride . Though , I was with my helmet and my glows too.

And about the we part , I meant the xbhp pune folks as a whole

[trustvishwas]

People some days back were telling me that you had left biking..? was that true..?

But, anyways nice to see you back Vishwas

Yes. You have heard right. I am retiring from biking.

Following news convinced me that my time is over and I need to retire -

1. First that you are becoming Fastest Indian
2. Shrinathrao acquiring an R15

And what do you mean by nice to see me back? I have been here but now I am learning from senior experienced posters and reduced my posts. Now a days I am prowling around on facebook etc. trying to learn from masters.

[Hyperion]

@Guys.. I have just seen something horrible and wanted to share it with you guys. Some friends (4 girls, all dentistry interns.) who had just come over from Mumbai(To Nasik) by train post diwali and had taken a rick to their place. 300 meters before they reached their place, a truck, which was crossing them at the time from the opposite direction, had a tyre burst and pulled over sharply to the right running over the rick. @9:50 PM(tonight).

We reached the accident spot at 10:10 PM to find the truck (on the wrong side of the road) with the crushed rick next to it amidst a huge traffic jam on NH3. Then I saw 2 lungs and a heart lying on the road. The rear wheel of the Truck ran over the chest of one of the girls. The 'body' was lying right behind the rear wheel. The torso of the body was damaged beyond recognition. The other 3 were taken to 2 different hospitals. The luckiest of the 4 escaped with minor bruises and a headache but was in shock. The remaining 2 also have head injuries. The lesser injured one was vomiting blood and had 7 stitches on her forehead when I left the place at 1.30AM This one was still conscious though. The more injured one had stitches on the back of her head and multiple fractures in her knee, ribs, pelvic and arm. Unconscious.

We couldn't even tell the parents of the deceased truthfully. As of now, those people only know that there was an accident and their daughter is unconscious.

I don't know what I should learn from this incident. I don't know what could have been done. I only wish to urge everyone here to ride safe and be safe. It is so not a pretty sight for your parents when your friends have to pack up your stuff. Believe me I have packed up a friend's stuff not very long back. Everyone please wear your dog tags / military tags as we don't want any delays in you getting medical attention due to unknown details like emergency contact + blood group. The cellphones and wallets will get stolen so saving/writing a home / ICE contact there wont help.

P.S.: I doubt any amount of gear can help us from a similar incident.
P.P.S.: The rick fellow survived too.

I am highly tired and shaken. And have to ride to Pune in the morning(which I will probably postpone).

That is just horrible. There is little you can do in such a situation.

[inder.cool]

Yes. You have heard right. I am retiring from biking.

Following news convinced me that my time is over and I need to retire -

1. First that you are becoming Fastest Indian
2. Shrinathrao acquiring an R15

And what do you mean by nice to see me back? I have been here but now I am learning from senior experienced posters and reduced my posts. Now a days I am prowling around on facebook etc. trying to learn from masters.

Its still not confirmed that I'm getting/becoming the "Fatest Indian"..!

Regarding the facebook part, are you attending Satyen tution classes for effective use of facebook..!!


And, are you sure that these are the only reasons for your retirement from biking..

[satyenpoojary]

Antz, dude I exactly know how you must be feeling... I have seen accident with a biker with his splattered brain and horribly disfigured body after crashing to a trucks rear.

Riding gear is made only to save you from a spill, it DOES NOT save you from such impact.. an accident with the riding gear would still be lethal... ! Let this be a reminder to everyone that riding gear does not guarantee immortality and its a mere safety measure. Please ride sensibly.

[trustvishwas]

Regarding the facebook part, are you attending Satyen tution classes for effective use of facebook..!!

I am attending spamming classes by BS aka CP aka IC at facebook.

And, are you sure that these are the only reasons for your retirement from biking..

These are not the only reasons for my retirement from biking. I am a follower of senior experienced members like you so taking my cue from you, I have reduced posting here (and learning to spam on facebook) I feel that is the reason why people are talking about my retirement (just like yours)

[ROCKRZ]

hello puneri junta ,

when is the next technical g2g session organised??? This time, lets keep it as a long riding skills session!!! As incubus has done a 27 hr continuous ride, vishwas and inder have been lehed.. the SIE riders, and everyone who has done long rides i.e 700+ kms in a day.. lets learn from them.. This will make it a non technical session as well.. all other members who have done long distance rides can always chirp in..

we can have just a list of bulleted points by everyone who has done long rides & have a open discussion on the points.

all members, please confirm when this can be done..

[trustvishwas]

hello puneri junta ,

when is the next technical g2g session organised??? This time, lets keep it as a long riding skills session!!! As incubus has done a 27 hr continuous ride, vishwas and inder have been laid oopsie, i mean lehed.. the SIE riders, and everyone who has done long rides i.e 700+ kms in a day.. lets learn from them.. This will make it a non technical session as well.. all other members who have done long distance rides can always chirp in..

We have not done 700+ km in a day. Biggest Stretches we did were - Delhi to (a bit shorter than) Pathankot - 475 km and Leh - Srinagar - 440 km. So we do not qualify.

[Hyperion]

We have not done 700+ km in a day. Biggest Stretches we did were - Delhi to (a bit shorter than) Pathankot - 475 km and Leh - Srinagar - 440 km. So we do not qualify.

I disagree that distance alone qualifies for a "long" ride. 100 kms between Mangalore and Kannur on NH17 is about 2 times longer than Pune-Bangalore in terms of motorcycling effort.

[inder.cool]

I feel that is the reason why people are talking about my retirement (just like yours)

Really!!?? were people talking about my retirement..!!?? I didn't know that..

vishwas and inder have been laid oopsie, i mean lehed..

Does anyone find this part funny! I thought we got over with the sarcastic replies on this thread..!

We have not done 700+ km in a day. Biggest Stretches we did were - Delhi to (a bit shorter than) Pathankot - 475 km and Leh - Srinagar - 440 km. So we do not qualify.

Then too it was pretty much of an uphill task completing these 2 ride days...considering the kind of roads/weather we saw in between..

[ROCKRZ]

I disagree that distance alone qualifies for a "long" ride. 100 kms between Mangalore and Kannur on NH17 is about 2 times longer than Pune-Bangalore in terms of motorcycling effort.

We have not done 700+ km in a day. Biggest Stretches we did were - Delhi to (a bit shorter than) Pathankot - 475 km and Leh - Srinagar - 440 km. So we do not qualify.

+1 TO hyperion.

its more about the effort needed rather than the distance travelled or the speed.. i stated 700+ just as an rough figure.

@vishwas, after looking at your pre-ride preparations and caution with which you took during the ride, you will be one of the important contributors as far as riding on hills, leh trips and trip planning is concerned.

If you want, I can collect the points from everyone and then make the required presentation.. but the person who has actually experienced, will be able to say the reasons better. We can add points as the discussion continues.

I will be going through many logs on xbhp before I compile the points.. but still, a summary of points will be required from most of the logs and their respective authors.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE I AM JUST PROPOSING THE TOPIC OF THE NEXT G2G AS "LONG RIDING SKILLS" SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PARTICIPATION OF MANY MORE MEMBERS. PLUS, SINCE THIS IS NON TECHNICAL, MANY CAN CONTRIBUTE ON THIS.. So rather than just have one person to dictate, if 3- 4 people can make their points put across, it will be a more involving session

EDIT:-
@ inder: i was just kidding.. if you want, i will remove that line no offence there

[JitenMistry]

Happy Diwali to you too Jiten! I somehow came to know that you had a crash at lavasa...hope u well now..!

I am fine now. Doctor suggests me to take 8 week rest and most probably I will ride again after 3 months.